bits of an healthy lifestyle

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I entitle this post “busy days” but it features just one picture… Well, my camera is in a bad mood lately and will only charge every other day which means I only have my phone most of times. And phone pictures are okay-ish for Instagram but here I’d rather only post good quality ones! for every other picture you can still catch me @fitonova_ ! Welle these past days I have been pretty busy, I’m starting to take training/diet to another level which means I’m reaaaaally more into it ! Yesterday I worked out on my lunch break (biceps/core/shoulder) and went back in the evening to meet my beautiful friend Meryl and added another session (back/glutes). I also went to the gym this morning , hit hamstrings and quads and back…. Safe to say, if soreness could kill I’d be dead by now!

On the diet side of life, I no longer have sugar cravings! I really don’t know how this happened! I bought some chocolate the other day and still haven’t eaten it! crazy right? Well it’s a good news for me because I no longer have to fight these cravings, let’s hope it lasts! Above is a picture from tonight’s meal, I hesitated between having sushis or pizza as a cheatmeal, but the only thing I really wanted was stuffed zucchini! it’s so simple to do and so healthy it’s not even a cheatmeal ! All you have to do is cut the zucchini into 2, remove the inside and stuff it with a mix of ground beef,/mushrooms/herbs, a bit of olive oil and also low fat cheese! 40 min in oven at 180°C ! For those interested, the whole plate is about 200kcal/14P/9F/8C ! Now i’ll just chill at home and watch Hannibal 🙂 cosy evenings are the best! I’d also like to add that tomorrow is a very important day, we get to vote in France. It’s a right, but it’s also a duty! If you want to make things change you have to get your ass off the couch and head to the vote place! Nothing will ever change if we don’t give our opinions! There’s so many countries where people can’t vote and have no choice, we have it so we have to take advantage of it and take a few minutes for it 🙂

I’m really hoping you’re having a great saturday night, either you’re going partying or just chilling like me! 🙂

The fresh feeling of getting back to work after a week of holidays.. Just kidding. I woke up 25min before work, arrived in a hurry, and felt foggy all day. But at last I brought some awesome apple sauce muffins that saved my morning and conquered my colleagues’ mouths! You need : 200g apple sauce – 2 eggs – baking soda – 50g brown sugar – 200g flour – a bit of soy milk. You add the ingredients in order, whisk between each and put in muffin molds in a 180°c pre-heated oven for 25 min. Tada! It doesn’t get any harder than this, it’s very light and super tasty!

What I think I’ll get to like most as aiming at consuming less to no meat, is having to find yummy combinations that’ll keep me full ! Full but not bloated, without feeling heavy as hell right after eating. And tonight I just wanted kasha, I haven’t had it in months and I really enjoy it 🙂 If you guys don’t know what kasha is, it’s grilled buckwheat that you can find in organic stores I think, and it’s pretty good to make salads or instead of rice for example. I cooked mine with curry and paprika, let soak in boiling salted water for 10 min then let it cool down. And in a pan, I cooked spinach and mushrooms and tomatoes, with origano and Pepper, a bit of oïl and that’s all! Oh, I forgot the hummus on top 😉 And this, is vegan. Now I’m super super tired and I’m gonna crush into bed watchin How to get away with murder ! I whish you a cosy night, tomorrow is the weekend (for 3 days!) ♥

Mix the dates, and add the goji berries and chia seeds with hands, so that they remain whole. Add the almond powder with hands too (I love using my hands in cooking, you feel the textures ♥) Once it’s done, roll some balls in your palms, add one hazelnut in the middle, roll again, then roll in the protein powder. Make as many as you want! Little energy balls that will boost you, even just before a workout! I even brought mine to work for my colleagues to test: and everybody liked it! ♥ It’s simple to do, easy to carry, and better as a snack than a processed bar ! 🙂

Phew ! Felt alive tonight in the gym ! I did well, too many leg press, front squats, deadlifts, kickbacks, lunges and glute bridge… My glutes are sooo exhausted now ! Time for food right after with smoked salmon, salad and tomatoes, coleslaw and hummus:) a lot of healthy tasty food in just one plate! Hope you guys had an amazing day!

If there’s one thing I really enjoy on holidays, is that I get to cook more. And what’s best on a cold day, few days from Christmas, than a marble cake with everything we love: cocoa, coconut, honey and vanilla ? It’s not a simple marble cake, it’s made out of quality food wich makes it very gourmet and lovable !

It doesn’t quite look like it, but there’s a funny story behind this recipe. To be honest, I’ve never eaten any cheesecake before. In France, cheese is often quite smelly and doesn’t match quite well with sugar, so the only idea of some sweet cake topped with cheese wasn’t very appealing to me. We recently created a kind of cooking thing at work where we all have to bring cakes on a thursday turn to turn. And last week was mine! So I decided to give the awesome looking recipe a go, only to discover it was very sweet cheese like Philadelphia. Shame on me! 🙂

Blend 200 gr of Speculoos biscuits and add warm butter to it. Mix well and coat the bottom of muffin mold with it. Press firmly. In another recipient, mix the Phildelphia and cottage cheese, add the grains of a vanilla pod, sugar. Add this mix in the muffin mold.

Cook in a 180°C oven for about 30 minutes. Cheese should jiggle a bit. Put out to cool on a window sill, then gently unmold the bites. I topped mine with chocolate cupcake topping and my, it was so good! Always making a good impression to that last minute friend coming over for coffee ! ♥